Innocent Victim (November 1977) Keep On Ridin' Innocent Victim (November 1977) Ken Hensley /Jack Williams John Lawton - Lead Vocals Mick Box - Lead Guitar Ken Hensley - Keyboard Trevor Bolder - Bass Lee Kerslake - Drums Ride ... Keep on ridin' ... By tomorrow morning At the early dawn I gotta hit the road So long lady Till another day, right now I gotta be movin' on There's another town and The singer needs a song I know you're on your own I'll be back before too long I gotta do what I gotta do And you know how My heart loves to run, I gotta ride Keep on ridin' Keep on ridin' now There's a city waiting And a railroad station Where my face is known And an old hotel That I know so well It's a little bit like home It's a situation Not of my own choosing And though a gamblin' man Would say that I was losing I started out to win And I'll do it again I'm never givin' in 'Cause if it comes down To my heart, or to my pride I'm gonna ride Keep on ridin', keep on ridin' Keep on ridin', yeah Keep on ridin', keep on ridin' And I know you say I'm driftin', driftin' on a dream You'd better watch your step boy It may not be what it seems I just can't shake This feeling here inside This heart of mine Keeps tellin' me to ride, ride, ride Flyin' High Innocent Victim (November 1977) Ken Hensley John Lawton - Lead Vocals Mick Box - Lead Guitar Ken Hensley - Keyboard Trevor Bolder - Bass Lee Kerslake - Drums I'm flyin' high And I know the reason why 'Cause the wind of change Has blown my way And you love me As much today as I love you Honey, as I love you I used to think That love was all so strange There was something That I used to ease the pain Though at times It seems it hurts to touch It's never gonna hurt As much as no love at all Honey, as no love at all Flyin' high, it's a crazy feeling Flyin' high, 'cause I've learnt the meaning of love Flyin' high it's a crazy feeling Flyin' high 'cause I believe in love I'm flyin' high And I guess I know the reason why 'Cause the wind of change Has blown my way And you love me As much today as I love you Honey, as I love you I'm flyin high I'm flyin', flyin', flyin' I'm flyin high And I know the reason why Roller Innocent Victim (November 1977) Trevor Bolder /Ian McDonald John Lawton - Lead Vocals Mick Box - Lead Guitar Ken Hensley - Keyboard Trevor Bolder - Bass Lee Kerslake - Drums Oh where is she woman She's only here for the sun It's now you'll discover She's only here for the fun And who will move over Sweet talker choosin' her side And it's then, it's all over She' just along for the ride She' s a roller She's just a roller Bet she'll roll her life away One town is just like another One man will just never do Don't turn around When she calls out your name She's gonna break you in two But she's a roller She's just a roller Rolling time come today One town is just like another One man will just never, never do Don't turn around When she calls out your name She's gonna snap you in two Free 'N' Easy Innocent Victim (November 1977) Mick Box /John Lawton John Lawton - Lead Vocals Mick Box - Lead Guitar Ken Hensley - Keyboard Trevor Bolder - Bass Lee Kerslake - Drums Ain't it strange That when you're onely And your friends they're not around So you make your big decision Get your feet back on the ground When you're down And no one wants you And you wonder who you are When your friends They don't desert you When you make it you're a star But I'm gonna stay Free and easy I know just what I am I'm gonna be free and easy Well, I've been through All the heartaches And I've been through all the pain But when you're up and riding high Everybody stakes their claim I'm gonna be free and easy I know just what I am I'm gonna be free and easy I'm gonna be free and easy I know just who I am I'm gonna be free and easy Illusion Innocent Victim (November 1977) Ken Hensley John Lawton - Lead Vocals Mick Box - Lead Guitar Ken Hensley - Keyboard Trevor Bolder - Bass Lee Kerslake - Drums In a forest known as heartbreak In a clearing in the wood 'Cross a pathway called confusion Toward the garden of delight You'll reach the river of desire And meekly try and cross it While the valley of love Keeps avoiding you Because it's only an illusion Only an illusion Upon the hill of high ideals You begin to wonder if it's real You are reaching sleep's oasis You begin to wonder how you feel But it happens so quickly It doesn't fit into your scenes Tossin' and turnin' The star of so many scenes It's only an illusion It's only an illusion Free Me Innocent Victim (November 1977) Ken Hensley John Lawton - Lead Vocals Mick Box - Lead Guitar Ken Hensley - Keyboard Trevor Bolder - Bass Lee Kerslake - Drums Free me, free me Why won't you free me Free me from your spell Come on and free me Why won't you free me Come on and free me Free me from your spell Why should I worry That you might not love me You're not the only love That I've ever had Your sweet memory Will always comfort me So why should I be feeling sad As far as I can tell You knew so well I was always At the end of the line I've loved you as much As any man can But not enough To make you mine So long, easy rider I know I'll miss you for awhile But sooner or later I know that I'll forget you And I tell you babe Free me Come on and free me Why won't you free me Free me from your spell Oh babe, free me Why won't you free me Come on and free me Free me from your spell We let a good love die We let it pass us by Though you tried to Keep me hangin' on But with all this doubt It'll never work out So tomorrow I'll be travellin' on And saying: So long, easy rider I know I'll miss you for awhile But sooner or later I know that I'll forget you And I beg it babe Free me Come on and free me Why won't you free me Free me from your spell Come on and free me I'm on my knees, babe Free me Why won't you free me Free me from your spell Oh babe, come on Come on and free me Why won't you free me Free me from this spell Cheat 'N' Lie Innocent Victim (November 1977) Ken Hensley John Lawton - Lead Vocals Mick Box - Lead Guitar Ken Hensley - Keyboard Trevor Bolder - Bass Lee Kerslake - Drums Well, it seems to me That I've been cheated And it would appear That I've been lied to All the promises That you repeated Were never destined To come true When I stop to think How I once trusted you It's harder still To bear this doubt I'm a innocent victim of Heartbreaking circumstance And I still can't get it figured out 'Cos all you did was cheat and lie Now you're gone and Made me cry When my heart is heavy and I just can't get it straight Just the way you made me feel A wound that only time can heal Won't you take a little time To show me my mistake 'Cos all you did was cheat and lie Now you're gone and Made me cry When my heart is heavy and I just can't get it straight Just the way you made me feel A wound that only time can heal Won't you take a little time You know you gotta Show me my mistake The Dance Innocent Victim (November 1977) Jack Williams John Lawton - Lead Vocals Mick Box - Lead Guitar Ken Hensley - Keyboard Trevor Bolder - Bass Lee Kerslake - Drums See the picture in the hall Framed in magic on the wall Ain't it funny how it glows What's on the inside No one knows What makes this picture So inviting To those who stand outside it Maybe it's the dancers Or maybe it's the dance The dancer dances Thousands fill the gallery They pay their price to see a dream They can make believe for free Two hours' worth of fantasy Maybe they pretend The picture's them Or maybe they just love To sit and blend Tonight the picture has no frame Colours unleash and float away To each and everyone of you Tonight the spirit brings the news You become a part of it all Thousands turn to one in the hall You become the dancer And we become the dance The dancer dances The dancer dances The dancer dances And we become the dancer And you become the dance Choices Innocent Victim (November 1977) Williams John Lawton - Lead Vocals Mick Box - Lead Guitar Ken Hensley - Keyboard Trevor Bolder - Bass Lee Kerslake - Drums I was walking all alone Through a sideshow With passion and pain On each side Something inside me was calling For a chance to stay alive At the time I din't know What was calling As my head was buried in grief Today I heard what was crying My freedom calling me And we all make our choices Like a blind man feels his way And the choice I've made is simple Passion over pain When I got to The end of the sideshow And looked back To where I had been My eyes filled with Teardrops of loneliness For the ones Who will never be fee I thought of The children in the sideshow As they wandered Around so confused Some day They'll make their decision But which one will they choose And we'll all make our choices Like a blind man feels his way And the choice I've made is simple Passion over pain And we'll all make our choices Like a blind man feels his way And the choice I've made is simple Passion, passion over pain And we'll all make our choices Like a blind man feels his way And the choice I've made is a simple one Passion over pain Illusion / Masquerade Innocent Victim (November 1977) Ken Hensley (Full unedited version) Originally recorded as one track, but released as separate tracks, Illusion as album track and Masquerade as b-side on single Free Me John Lawton - Lead Vocals Mick Box - Lead Guitar Ken Hensley - Keyboard Trevor Bolder - Bass Lee Kerslake - Drums In a forest known as heartbreak In a clearing in the wood 'Cross a pathway called confusion Toward the garden of delight You'll reach the river of desire And meekly try and cross it While the valley of love Keeps avoiding you Because it's only an illusion Only an illusion Upon the hill of high ideals You begin to wonder if it's real You are reaching sleep's oasis You begin to wonder how you feel But it happens so quickly It doesn't fit into your scenes Tossin' and turnin' The star of so many scenes It's only an illusion It's only an illusion *** A masquerade of dancing shadows Appear before me Through my mystic window And soon to be seen I saw presented Became a vision that I saw resented I stood and watched Its image changing The unseen hand was rearranging And all the time I wondered How did it wind Slowly, surely it unfolded Its simple lines just as A pole wind told it A temporary revolution My problems rose and fell With a lapse of illusion My mind was telling me, don't fight it It's just a hazard in the night Don't do those Who've lost their way It's a masquerade Masquerade, it's a masquerade ... The River Innocent Victim (November 1977)(out-take) Trevor Bolder /Mick Box /Ken Hensley /Lee Kerslake /John Lawton John Lawton - Lead Vocals Mick Box - Lead Guitar Ken Hensley - Keyboard Trevor Bolder - Bass Lee Kerslake - Drums River, rising to hide Across the midnight Wanderin westward by daylight Take us and lead us to tomorrow As fast as you come and can flow River, you're windin An unending rhythm The sooner keep Movin to warn him The spirit that keeps Us from sinking Guide us from going astray Point us a way To a shoreline ahead Through the mist and the fog Of this valley of death Too many years we have Walked in a sleep Now were awaken and ready fo flee River, we hitchhikers Beggin for mercy Survive us from yesterdays curses Don't damn us Before you receive us Were needin your face And your trust Put Your Music (Where Your Mouth Is) Innocent Victim (November 1977) (out-take) from Frefly sessions) Trevor Bolder /Mick Box /Ken Hensley /Lee Kerslake /John Lawton John Lawton - Lead Vocals Mick Box - Lead Guitar Ken Hensley - Keyboard Trevor Bolder - Bass Lee Kerslake - Drums If you're looking for money, sonny You better keep on running If you're looking for fame and fortune Watch out, you could get caught It'll came when you least expect it You better be prepared I bet you feel rejected You've got to be aware Put your music where your mouth is Show us you're a man Put your music where your mouth is Show us if you can Now your life is your own puzzle All lies before your eyes My guess is it won't be too long You've got to realise Put your music where your mouth is Show us you're a man Put your music where your mouth is |